Digital wallet provider Skrill launches 'one tap' m-payment service
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:53:47 -0800

But the truth is that, for many on-the-go consumers, the idea of using their mobile to enter payment information appears difficult and time-consuming. Digital wallet provider Skrill launches ' one tap ' m - payment service.

Fidelity Launches Mobile Wallet
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:36:29 -0800

Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) recently collaborated with mobile payments technology provider, Paydiant, to launch a cloud-based mobile payment solution, namely FIS Mobile Wallet . The solution, which is currently being implemented by ...

MAGIC Delivers a Multi-Platform Digital Experience Through Mobile App, On-Site ...
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:29:31 -0800

10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, MAGIC announces the launch of a new multi-platform digital experience providing relevant digital products and information including workshops, panels, and mobile applications. These include seminars on today's social ...

Police Beat: Burglary to vehicle on Harrison St.
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:26:36 -0800

In the last case, the purse contained a wallet and a digital camera. The purse is valued at $100, the wallet is valued at $50, and the digital camera is valued at $200. Freeport police are investigating three reports of burglary to a vehicle that ...

Google Wallet Flaw Allows Digital Pickpocket
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:08 -0800

By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal, PCWorld Feb 10, 2012 7:37 AM A new and troubling, vulnerability in Google Wallet has been exposed. Unlike a low-risk security issue identified yesterday, today's security flaw is described as painfully easy.

Netflix light on flicks as viewers soak up TV shows
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:08:32 -0800

The company's transformation has been driven in part by a fundamental change in the way people consume television in an on-demand, digital age. Watching a movie via Netflix streaming isn't much different from renting a DVD, but for TV it offers fans a ...

Tuscaloosa crime reports for February 8, 2012
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:37:16 -0800

Taken: purse, wallet , credit/debit card(s), US Currency, digital camera, GPS. Taken from: 2003 Ford Explorer Silver. Forced entry: none. Suspects: none. Witnesses: none. The suspect gained entry into the vehicle and took the listed items.

Second Closed Beta Phase For Rise of Dragonian Era Will Be 11 February 2012
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:43:27 -0800

Four lucky players will each receive $500 in cash, while many others will pad their digital wallets with free in-game currency. Four lucky gamers will win a new, state of the art video card from EVGA (a $200 value), while eight fortuitous adventurers ...

Technology changing currency exchange landscape
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:55:59 -0800

Key drivers of the changes include tablets, smartphones, mobile wallet technology and online video content. Currencies Direct says that these trends and gadgets are having a massive impact on consumer behaviour and businesses who deal in payments and ...

Blizzard Announces Battle.net Balance Service
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:08:15 -0800

What this entails is similar to current online stores like Steam (Steam Wallet ) or the Play Station Entertainment Network, where players are being given an alternate way to purchase Blizzard digital products and services directly through their ...

Microsoft receives mobile wallet patent
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:23:23 -0800

The patent, issued to Microsoft in September, describes a "Mobile Wallet and Digital payment" service. The filing covers a "method that facilitates securing a wireless digital transaction" for "at least one of a good or a service.

Visa 1Q Profit Rises 16.4% As Transactions Jump
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:57:38 -0800

Visa is preparing to roll out V.me, a " digital wallet " that would allow customers to pay for purchases on mobile devices and websites by entering a username and password instead of typing in their card number for every transaction.

Theres gold in them hills - ITWeb Press Office
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:46:56 -0800

Digital media companies have forgotten about the little country with the big wallet on the southern tip of Africa. South Africans don't need reminding that when it comes to digital media, we are often left in the dark. A most prevalent example of this ...

Put to the Test, Google Wallet Delivers
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:15:43 -0800

Of course, I'm talking about Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Wallet, a mobile payment application that relies on a Near-Field Communication (NFC) chip embedded in a smartphone to turn the device into a digital wallet . I've written about the technology for months ...

A mysterious 3-D Journey to the centre of your wallet
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:19:02 -0800

What this one lacks by comparison is the relative novelty of digital 3-D, which was in its infancy for mainstream theatrical releases when Journey to the Center of the Earth came out. It also lacks the likable goof factor of Brendan Fraser, ...

M-payment market revenues to hit USD 998.5 bln in 2016
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:42:12 -0800

... jumping from USD 9.8 billion in 2011 to nearly USD 250.9 billion in 2016. The surveys further shows that North American and Western European markets in particular are geared up for the beginning stages of a full-fledged adoption of the digital wallet .

Mile Cross home targeted by burglars
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:43:26 -0800

They took cash, a mobile phone, a wallet , a bracelet and a digital camera. Officers want to speak to anyone who may have seen or heard anything suspicious in this area at the time. Calls should be made to DC Phil Paddon at Norwich CID on 101 or ...

Master Card Is Planning To Usher In The Digital Age Of Consumer Spending
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:29:58 -0800

Here's further proof that the wallet packed with plastic you've been toting around for years is about to become obsolete. Master Card just revealed its plan to ditch the old magnetic strip credit card model in exchange for new smart card technology.

Visa gears up to unveil digital ' wallet ' in UAE
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:34:06 -0800

DUBAI: Visa, the electronic payments giant, which has its Middle East headquarters in Dubai, is gearing up to unveil the region's first digital ' wallet ' in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and subsequently extend the facility to the other countries in ...

On the Call: Visa CEO Joseph Saunders
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:29:24 -0800

Eventually, mobile check deposit, mobile payments and Visa's " digital wallet " called "V.me" will also be included, the San Francisco-based company said. The announcement came at the same time Visa reported a 16 percent profit growth for its fiscal ...